EHF EURO 2018 teams get ready for the championship

With the VELUX EHF Champions League taking a break and the first qualifiers for the Men’s World Championship 2019 in Germany and Denmark being played, this week marks the first this season for the teams participating at the Men’s EHF EURO 2018 to test their players.

The vast majority gathers in the next few days and have arranged for text matches later in the week.

EHF EURO 2016 champions Germany play a double-header against Spain (28 and 29 October) whom they beat 24:17 two years ago at the EURO Final in Poland.

In the French team, left back Romain Lagarde from HBC Nantes will celebrate his national team debut.

Several other double-headers take place across Europe: In Zagreb and Ljubljana EHF EURO hosts Croatia face with neighbours Slovenia (26 and 28 October).

Sweden travel to Iceland to meet the Icelandic national team (26 and 28 October). Both teams also meet in Group A at the EHF EURO 2018.

Austria play a double-header against Serbia (26 and 28 October) and Belarus play against Switzerland on two occasions (27 and 28 October). On the same day, Montenegro and Czech Republic also face in a double-header.